I mean, they’re my two absolute least favorite teams, so to be two matches away from them meeting in the quarterfinals to give one a guaranteed spot in the semis was a nightmare scenario for me.
Awesome cross, incredible header. Well done Cavani!
Nobody picked him up at all. Free header essentially.
Those were two superb long passes to set that up.
Agreed. Stretched the defence.
That was really impressive. Great long distance pass to Suarez, and then perfect cross for the (edit: collarbone?) into the goal.
He scored with his collarbone
As an Argentinian friend of mine says “Uruguay, they are so good at football and nobody knows why.”
I hope Uruguay doesn’t get too defensive up just one goal. I don’t think Portugal is that great of a team, but that Ronaldo fellow has a nose for goals.
Great save by the keeper.
Nice save on a Suarez free kick.
When they first said “Under the Wall!” I was picturing one like that earlier World Cup goal that went under the wall on a free kick and scored. But this one was just a poor wall, it turns out, when you watched the replay.
(The previous one was Juan Quintero’s Free Kick Goal vs Japan that went under the wall).
Uh-oh. This is Renaldo territory. Free kick at the 31 minute mark.
Oh boy, the Ronaldo pants!
The wall jumped really high on that one. And then the bicycle kick to clear the rebound from the area was dramatic. :)
Ha. I thought that too. In fact the commentator said something like, “Well, he’s got his shorts in position.”
-xtien
I fear Uruguay’s strategy of making sure they don’t get hit on the counter and waiting for a Portuguese defensive mistake might be too passive.
